http://www.rsgb.org/news/ RSGB Internet Newsfeed http://www.rsgb.org/news/article.php?id=0012 HQ will close at midday on Wednesday 23rd December 2009 for the festive season and re-open on Monday 4th January 2010 at 08.30hrs. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:00:00 GMT RSGB http://www.paisleydailyexpress.co.uk/renfrewshire-news/2009/12/22/stephanie-is-youngest-radio-amateur-in-the-uk-87085-25442928/ The bubbly seven-year-old is the youngest licensed radio amateur in the United Kingdom. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:41:00 GMT Paisley Daily Express http://www.arrl.org/?artid=9351 Less than one week after China’s first Amateur Radio satellite - XW-1 - was successfully launched, AMSAT has designated it Hope-OSCAR 68, or HO-68. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:39:00 GMT ARRL http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/cynon-valley/2009/12/17/5-000-grant-awarded-to-amateur-radio-society-91466-25395632/ ABERDARE and District Amateur Radio Society have been given a £5,000 grant from Awards for All Wales. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:27:00 GMT WalesOnline http://www.emergencymanagement.org.uk/news/FEMA101209/tabid/4368/Default.aspx As part of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), the nation’s next generation of emergency alert and warning networks, the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have announced the adoption of the design specifications for the development of a gateway interface that will enable wireless carriers to provide its customers with timely and accurate emergency alerts and warnings via their cell phones and other mobile devices. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:28:00 GMT emergencymanagement.org.uk http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/news/ Amateur satellite operators worldwide have reported receiving strong signals on the telemetry beacon of China's XW-1 satellite launched on December 15, 2009. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:22:00 GMT AMSAT http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=499:astronaut-jeffrey-williams-kd5tvq-talks-to-italian-students&catid=47:arspex&Itemid=91 Comprehensive School of Govone – “Nino Costa” di Priocca Middle School, Cuneo, Italy established a direct contact with NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams KD5TVQ on board the International Space Station. The Amateur Radio school station operated the contact with callsign IK1SLD. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:50:00 GMT IARU http://www.examiner.com/x-33444-Boston-Ham-Radio-Examiner~y2009m12d20-Hams-play-key-role-in-major-East-Coast-winter-blast Even as the snow continues to fall outside, right now, a group of hearty souls from the Maritime Provinces of Canada to New England and as far south as the mid-Atlantic, are still manning their radio operation positions, constantly reporting on changing conditions and updating snow depths. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:31:00 GMT www.examiner.com http://www.rsgb.org/news/article.php?id=0010 On Wednesday December 16 Ofcom announced that following representations made by the RSGB, the period of validity for 501 to 504kHz Notices of Validity is to be extended. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:34:00 GMT RSGB http://www.rsgb.org/news/newsitem.php?id=3 As announced in the January edition of RadCom, the Society has established a Spectrum Defence Fund to challenge Ofcom as regards its interpretation of the various Acts and Directives that cover PLA/PLT. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:31:00 GMT RSGB